Jason de Leon has been involved in an analog photoethnographic project focused on documenting the daily lives of Honduran smugglers who profit from transporting undocumented migrants across Mexico. He will discuss the relationship between transnational gangs and the human smuggling industry and will outline the complicated role that photography plays as a field method and data source in this violent and challenging ethnographic context.
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Friday, March 30
Soldiers and Kings
Violence, Representation, and Photoethnographic Practice in the Context of Human Smuggling Across Mexico
Time:
3:00 pm
Presenter:
Jason De Leon, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Location:
4130 Posvar Hall
Sponsored by:
Center for Latin American Studies and Global Studies Center